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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has registered in the Verkhovna Rada the bills on the approval of his decrees to extend martial law and general mobilization in Ukraine. The bills, No. 8189 and No. 8190, have been published on the parliament's website, Ukrinform reports. The text and supporting documents have not yet been made public. The bills have been submitted to the parliamentary leadership for consideration. On August 15, the Verkhovna Rada extended martial law and mobilization in Ukraine for 90 days, until November 21.

In the morning, Russian invaders attacked one of the villages of Zaporizhzhia region with S-300 missiles. “An enemy rocket exploded near a mansion, damaging a house and outbuildings. Another rocket exploded in the field,” Oleksandr Starukh, Head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration, posted on Telegram. As reported, a dozen apartment blocks and private houses were damaged in a Russian attack on Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk region, at night. ol

More than a dozen apartment blocks and private houses were damaged in a Russian attack on Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk region, at night. "The night terror of Nikopol district... the Russians struck two communities – Marhanets and Nikopol – with Grad MLRS and heavy artillery. There were no casualties," Valentyn Reznichenko, Head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration, posted on Telegram. In Nikopol, Russian shells damaged a dozen apartment blocks and private houses, two industrial enterprises, a hospital, a school, a vocational school, cars, and a gas pipeline. ol

An educational institution was destroyed and a cultural center was damaged in Russia’s shelling of the de-occupied village of Zolota Balka in Kherson region. Kyrylo Tymoshenko, deputy head of the Ukrainian President’s Office, wrote this on Telegram, Ukrinform reports. "The occupiers shelled a liberated settlement in Kherson region. Another school came under S-300 missile strike. The enemy destroyed an educational institution in Zolota Balka. A cultural center was also damaged as a result of the attack," he wrote. According to Tymoshenko, no one was injured in the missile attack. As reported by Ukrinform, in early October, the Armed Forces of…

Ukrainians will not stop opposing Russia until they reach Ukraine's internationally recognized borders of 1991. Andriy Yermak, the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, said this in a post on the messaging app Telegram, Ukrinform reports. "Both Remarque's anti-war novel 'All Quiet on the Western Front' and the film [based on the novel] perfectly depict the principle of war, when people are sent to their death for the sake of ghostly pieces of foreign territory. The First World War demonstrated that millions of lives could be lost in trench warfare. Now the Russians profess the same principles…

Ukrainian paratroopers have destroyed Russian armored vehicles and their crews in the Luhansk region. The Ukrainian Air Assault Forces said this in a Telegram post, Ukrinform reports. "In the Luhansk region, in one of the areas of combat operations, gunners of the 25th Separate Sicheslav Airborne Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine demilitarized Russian occupiers," the report said. The video showed the effective work of the Ukrainian army to destroy the enemy's armored vehicles and their crews. From February 24 to November 7, the Armed Forces of Ukraine eliminated about 76,460 Russian soldiers.

In the Kherson region’s Beryslav district, Russian invaders opened fire with the Grad multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS), having destroyed a kindergarten. The relevant statement was made by Kherson Regional Prosecutor’s Office on Facebook, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. Law enforcement officers examined the scene in one of urban-type settlements. Sixty children used to attend that kindergarten before the Russian invasion started. According to the preliminary data, Russian troops used the Grad MLRS. As a result, the kindergarten’s roof and walls were seriously damaged, and windows were blown out. A reminder that, on November 6, 2022, three civilians were killed and…

According to available intelligence, Russia has ordered Fateh-110 and Zolfaghar ballistic missiles from Iran as it has about 120 of its own Iskander missiles left. This was stated by a spokesman for the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine’s Defense Ministry, Vadym Skibitskyi, in a comment to The Economist, reports Ukrinform. According to Skibitskyi, Ukraine still has no effective defense against ballistic missiles. In particular, in October, air defense forces shot down three out of 25 Iskander ballistic missiles launched by Russia, while about 80% of cruise missiles and drones were shot down during the latest massive attack on critical infrastructure…

Russian attacks have caused damage to railway infrastructure between the Sumy region’s Sumy and Konotop. The relevant statement was made by Sumy Regional Military Administration Head Dmytro Zhyvytskyi on Telegram, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “Due to Russian terrorist attacks, railway infrastructure has been damaged in the Sumy-Konotop section today,” Zhyvytskyi wrote. He called on everyone who is on a train within the Sumy region or is planning to travel by train in the nearest time to follow information messages. Evacuation and transport services will be organized, Zhyvytskyi added. A reminder that, on November 6, 2022, seventy-two Russian projectiles hit the…

A total of 1,100 health facilities have been damaged in Ukraine since the Russian full-scale invasion started. The relevant statement was made by the Ukrainian Health Ministry on Facebook, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. According to the ministry, 144 health facilities were destroyed completely. “Ninety-five health facilities have already been renovated fully, and 204 – partially,” the ministry noted. The cost of works required to renovate the health facilities that had been destroyed was estimated at more than UAH 38 billion, the ministry added. mk